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E. G. PARKHURST. Packing Box for Ammunition.

No. 237,406. Patented Feb. 8.1881.

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EDWARD e. PARx U sT,or HARTFORD, cons, AssIeNo To HIMSELF AND, THE PRATT& WHITNEY COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

PACKING-BOX FOR AMMUNITION.

SPECIFICATION forming part-of Letters Patent No. 237,406, dated February8, 1881.

Application filed October 11, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Beitknown that I, EDWARD G. PARKHURST, ofHartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Packing- Boxes forAmmunition; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description thereof, whereby a person skilled in the art canmake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Like letters in the figures indicate the same parts.

My invention relates to an improvement in the construction of boxes inwhich the ammunition for'machine-guns is carried for use in the field.

As at present used the ammunition, consisting of metallic shells chargedwith powder and ball, is first packed in pasteboard or other similarboxes containin g about twenty cartridges, and these cases are packed inboxes or sliding drawers fitting into the caisson of the gun, which aredesigned to hold a certain number of the pasteboard cases, so as to fillthem and prevent movement during transportation. 1t frequently happens,however, that part of the pasteboard cases are used out of one of theboxes, in which case the remainder are loose in the box and becomedestroyed or damaged by shifting about.

The object of my improvement is to provide a means for retaining eitherthe whole or part of the interior cases in place within the packing-box,so that they will be prevented from shifting their position while thebox is transported.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, Figure 1 showsa perspective view of one of the boxes or drawers withdrawn from acaisson, or an independent boxwith the cover removed. Fig. 2 is adetached view of the sliding partition or gate which is adapted to fitinto the grooves in the sides of the box.

A is the packing-box.

B B, &c., are the interior cases containing The sides and ends of thesecases are shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, and

the box, when full, is designed to hold three full lengths, orforty-five in all. In the drawings nineteen are shown, fifteen in theirordinary position when the box is filled and four standing on theirends.

O is a removable partition, which can be slipped into any pair of aseries of grooves,.LDr""* be such as to include the full length of thecases, or one or more thicknesses, as shown in the drawings, so that thecases can be packed flatwise or endwise to fill the space.

For the purpose of easily removing the partition 6 when the box is fullthere is a socket, E, forming a handle, by which it is lifted. The endof the box has a corresponding notch The disor opening, F, so that thefingers can be placed 7 5 in the socket E.

The partition 0 is attached to the box by a cord of sufficient length toallow of its being placed in any of the grooves, so that it shall not bedropped or lost. at G in the drawings. When the partition is placed atthe end of the box this cord is coiled up and placed in the recess H.

Besides holding the ammunition in place in This cord is shown thepartially-emptied box, the partition 0 serves the purpose offacilitating the withdrawal of the cases from the full box. The drawingout of the partition from its position at the end, when the box is full,leaves a space for the fingers to enter and lift the case'sread; o

ily, while without this space the removal of i the first cases is adifficult operation. What I claim as my invention is- 1. The box A,provided with the grooves D. and the removable partition 0, adapted tolie against the end of the box when the same is wholly filled, and to beremoved to the other grooves tohold and confine the ammunitioncases whenthe box is partially filled, substanholding the cord G, in combinationivith the tially as described. end of the box, which closes thereceptacle for 2. The combination of the removable intethe cord,substantially as described.

rior partition, 0, having a handle-socket, E, EDWARD Gr. PARKHURST. 5with the box A, having its end DIOfldQd with Witnesses:

the notch-F substantially as described. THEO. G. ELLIs,

3. The partition 0, having the recess H for WENDELL B. CURTIS.

